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Bethany Platt has had a rollercoaster of a couple of years in Coronation Street. After being groomed and abused by a sex ring led by Nathan Curtis, she then fell into a destructive lapdancing job which caused her to lash out and glass a punter. And now she is trying to deal with Craig Tinker’s OCD battle while fearing that rapist Neil Clifton could be released on bail.

It’s certainly been a heavy year for actress Lucy Fallon, who has won plenty of acclaim but despite the heavy hitting storylines and long hours, she is nowhere near ready to stop playing Bethany yet – and has recently signed a new contract that will take her until at least next year.

She said during an appearance on Loose Women: ‘I’ve got another contract with Corrie until next year so hopefully they don’t kill me off or anything in the mean time!’

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This is great news for Bethany fans, who are currently lending their support to Lucy as she is up for the coveted Best Actress award at the British Soap Awards this year.

Speaking about the importance of the storyline she was a part of last year, she explained: ‘It’s had such an amazing reaction – we wanted to raise as much awareness as possible. We spoke to so many survivors of this kind of thing. They all said they thought they were in a loving relationship – especially if it’s the first relationship you’ve had, you think it’s normal.’

Lucy won the Best Serial Drama Performance award at the National Television Awards.